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• Feminism – we’re doin it rong #1568454876

  By Mindy on 2011-10-10 • ( 9 )

  

  Feminists deserting the Prime Minister?

• Quicklink: NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione pushes rape myths

  By tigtog on 2011-10-09 • ( 9 )

  

  If you’re drunk and get raped, you’ve got no one to blame but yourself, says NSW Police Commissioner.

• Otterday! And Open Thread.

  By lauredhel on 2011-10-08 • ( 28 )

  This splashing sea otter was shared on Flickr by chuqui, as part of a delightful series.
  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

• Copyright hell: larrakins and astrologers

  By Mary on 2011-10-07 • ( 7 )

  

  Warner’s copyright troll acquisition Larrakin Music won the right to “Land Down Under” royalties in the High Court, and Astrolabe Inc shut down the widely used zoneinfo timezone database. Not the public interest’s best day in copyright-land.

• Slutwalk: why can’t it be better than this?

  By tigtog on 2011-10-07 • ( 10 )

  

  The sentiment that whatever we wear and wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no is what got me Slutwalking earlier this year. Those campaigning to “reclaim” the word “slut”? I didn’t totally hate the idea, but it wasn’t one that particularly inspired me, because I’m skeptical regarding reclamation of marginalising slurs in concept and feel it’s of limited utility compared to actively challenging prejudices more radically.

• Ada Lovelace Day blasts from the past: the science and technology Hoydens

  By Mary on 2011-10-07 • ( 5 )

  

  I always enjoy spending Ada Lovelace Day reading about amazing women. Luckily there’s advance reading in the Friday Hoyden archives. I thought others might enjoy a round-up of Friday Hoydens past in science and technology too.

• Friday Hoyden: Mahananda Dasgupta, nuclear fusion researcher

  By Mary on 2011-10-07 • ( 2 )

  

  Mahananda Dasgupta is a professor in the Department of Nuclear Physics at the Australian National University. Dasgupta’s research takes place at the heavy-ion accelerator facility and investigates quantum tunnelling when heavy nuclei collide. Her Pawsey Medal award in 2006 cites cutting-edge contributions includ[ing] precision measurements of unprecedented accuracy.

• It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it

  By tigtog on 2011-10-06 • ( 6 )

  

  George Carlin’s Final 2005 Words To The World…sounding hugely relevant right now.

  TW for rape analogy

• Thursday Cheezburger – Walls

  By Mindy on 2011-10-06 • ( 1 )

  

  Today’s theme is Walls.

• 41st Down Under Feminists Carnival!

  By tigtog on 2011-10-06

  Stef at A Touch Of The Crazy has curated a fine collection of writing from Down Under bloggers over the month of September – looking forward to catching up on the posts that flew under my radar first time around.

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